I finally listened to an album!! obviously metal is not my most listened to genre so this was not my favourite. but I loved the song names (poison was the cure, tornado of souls) and also those guitars were electrifying
this was not for me and wouldn’t want to listen again. I felt more positive at the start but it really grated on me and it took a lot to resist the urge to skip billericay dickie
had a nice groove and quite pleasant to listen to overall. I loved hearing the intro of that lady and recognising it getting sampled by kendrick. also loved around 1.40-2.00 of summer breeze. overall nothing particularly stayed with me but enjoyed it more than I was expecting
I enjoyed this quite a lot and my dad loved giving me little facts as we were listening (neneh cherry backing vocals). I prefer soul mining and I was hoping a few more if the songs might sound a bit like the ones I knew from that album but I appreciated the sound here (big drums) and the intensity, and found the political content really interesting
I’m sorry to say I was ready for this to be over within the first minute of starting the album and it didn’t grow on me
Had a brief flicker of joy when the opening of I Am A Pilgrim reminded me of the start of 5, 6, 7, 8 by Steps
Can see why the compilers of the book liked this one because it doesn’t really sound like it was made in 2019. I remember hearing of michael kiwanuka when his first album came out but never listened to much of his stuff. this was pretty cool! I loved hero, solid ground and light. the others washed over me as I making dinner, but congrats to michael on winning the mercury prize!
“no touch too heavy, no tempo above a resting heartbeat” were what the album notes said, and this was unfortunately too languid for me
This is the first album we’ve had where I had never heard of the artist before and I enjoyed branching out into something completely new. a few songs I enjoyed on here
there were quite a few moments that sounded so close to going into something I would really like but it didn’t get there
I have been so keen for the day when an album came up that I knew already and knew would immediately get 5 stars.
she is the best!! If asked I will always say green light is my favourite song of all time and I truly think everything on here sounds amazing. no bad songs, lots of range and drama, and the highs are so thrilling. green light, supercut, the louvre, perfect places, sober are all huge highlights but I love it all.
huge shoutout to jack antonoff’s production which is often maligned but transcendent on these songs and I think went on to inform a lot of pop production in the years since.
thank you ella and see you next month
I’m sorry this was a tough one for me
This was such a huge album in my house throughout the 2010s and if I had to guess probably one of the most played too (Half Light II especially).
The Suburbs epitomised my music taste arouns this time and I can remember the day I went to buy the CD while doing photography for a VA project in the city, and I think I subsequently incorporated lyrics or images from it into various art projects.
The album as a whole maybe does not hold up quite as well as it once did and I found a few songs in the middle that dragged a bit, but hearing Sprawl II, Suburban War, City With No Children, Ready To Start again really unlocked something in me so I’m still going 5 stars.
The suburban dystopia themes really spoke to me and I watched the interactive music video for We Used To Wait (it pulls in all these Google Streetview images of your childhood home ans shows them all overgrown and inhabited by humans) so much because it made such an impression on me.
Not from this album but Afterlife was my all time fave Arcade Fire song
Found this fun to listen to and enjoyed hearing the little live bits
This was great! I was complaining only yesterday that I was disappointed I hadn’t discovered more new music that I really enjoyed through this project, but I enjoyed this one start to finish and found lots of new songs that I will be adding to rotation. The songs sound big, the hooks are sharp and the melodies that I maybe wasn’t sure about at the start of each song wormed their way into my head by the end.
Fave was probably Last Chance on the Stairway but overall great listen
This was more enjoyable than I expected and it actually grew on me as I continued listening to it after a not very positive start. This is not really my type of music but quite liked Omaha and Sitting By The Window.
Kinda fun and I liked some of those sci fi bits in the opening but it didn’t evolve that much for me afterwards.
Fun fact the first time I heard of George Clinton I assumed he was related to Bill
I recently read something about The Hives and how they were compared to ZZ Top in their early days and so I think that set up higher expectations for me. Move Me On Down The Line was okay and the I did recognise the opening of The Grange but I would have loved a bit more melody
Great album! I listened to this straight after the other The The album a few weeks ago and there were so many songs I recognised and enjoyed. For sure the more pop and political of his albums but full of gems. This Is The Day is so good, I loved the 9 minute groove we got into with Giant, and Perfect is a new found fave. Definitely plan to return to this
Add metal to the list of genres that I’m not hugely knowledgeable about, but I was expecting this to be a lot heavier and harder to listen to. So enjoyed it more than I thought I would and can see why people might love it. I didn’t really know any of the songs but great tie in since I watched the new 28 Years Later film today and there was a great Iron Maiden moment
I’m sorry to say this type of music just does not really excite me and so I couldn’t even really pick out any notable moments. On the plus side the album was quite short
Once again, something that I’ve enjoyed quite a bit more than expected. Those opening two songs are great and it’s lovely just listening to her voice. In saying that, while I thought the album was good, it’s not really something I could see myself choosing to listen to.
Go listen to What Have I Done To Deserve This? by Dusty and the Pet Shop Boys
This was not bad! Another artist I’ve never heard of before so it was good to branch out. My favourites were Broken Hearts and Glamour Boys, which are not songs I would have expected to find based on the opening few tracks. Quite cool!
It was fine, not really my favourite or that memorable except for those moments when it unexpectedly went a bit sea shanty-esque. Loved the album title
oh I am thrilled for this one. When I was a kid I had a long obsession with garbage trucks and when I was given my allocated dial up internet time I would often google things like « garbage » and to my great disappointment instead of information about actual garbage I got the band instead. Anyway since them I have come to love them and « Vow » in particular but I’ve never listened to a full album.
I love how crisp everything sounds and the way the sometimes quite heavy guitars play off the melodies and Shirley Manson’s vocals. Vow is probably in my top 5 songs of the 90s and I don’t really think any of the album tracks come close but I did really enjoy listening to it
l insisted that my parents listen to this while we were having dinner and it was quite an experience. Genuinely funny the way some of the sounds were deployed in here. Always grateful to hear some synths and there certainly have not been enough synth-based albums on the list so far. Can only imagine how revolutionary this was at the time and the people it inspired
